April 7, 2008
When is a biological membrane like a U-M football game? Ramamoorthy, an avid Michigan football fan, uses unique illustrations in class to demonstrate molecules “run, block, dodge and dance just like football players in a stadium.” (Photo courtesy Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy) Always, if you ask associate professor of chemistry and biophysics and diehard football fan Ayyalusamy…
April 7, 2008
Moving, stretching and growing were perfect metaphors for the grand opening of the $11.5 million Observatory Lodge renovation Thursday, as the Division of Kinesiology celebrated its new academic home. Guests tour the recently renovated Observatory Lodge, new academic home of the Division of Kinesiology. (Photos by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) Above: Kinesiology student Rebecca…
April 7, 2008
Download a Powerpoint presentation of Commencement Diag plans >View images of Diag preparations > The University has unveiled a comprehensive Spring Commencement plan, addressing details including seating, acoustics and parking, which will transform the Diag into a first-time graduation venue. While grounds crews already have started to trim trees and level the ground, construction crews…
March 31, 2008
Jennifer McJunkin feels a bond with the international students she helps as a volunteer community aide at the Northwood Community Apartments on North Campus. That’s because she learned English for the first time as a third-grader after attending kindergarten and first grade in Taiwan. “I’m able to relate to a lot of the international students;…
March 31, 2008
Police Beat is a monthly feature of the University Record. The next publication date is April 14.
March 31, 2008
Honored The current issue of the journal English for Specific Purposes (Volume 27-2, 2008) is in honor of John Swales, professor emeritus of linguistics and director of the English Language Institute from 1985-2001. Although retired, he remains active in areas of applied linguistics research. Appointed Jorge Delva, associate professor of social work, has been appointed…
March 31, 2008
A group of more than 100 community agency staff and community activists, University faculty, researchers, staff and students gathered March 28 at U-M’s Detroit Center to examine University-community collaborations. The Crossing Boundaries conference addressed three questions: What makes successful University-community collaborations? What is the impact of taking gender into account while addressing problems associated with…
March 31, 2008
President Mary Sue Coleman Tuesday applauded Toyota Motor Corp.’s decision to establish its new Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRI-NA) near the Ann Arbor campus, choosing a U-M engineering researcher as the center’s first director. “The University of Michigan community is pleased to welcome the new Toyota Research Institute Institute to Washtenaw County,” Coleman…
March 31, 2008
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang will discuss her humorous and serious identity struggles in the Midwest in her presentation: On Becoming Asian-American … in the Midwest? Wrestling with identity and culture, at noon April 2 in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Room 100. Wang grew up both as part of and slightly outside of Chinese and mainstream…
